releve Virginia Division of Natural Heritage, see http://www.dcr.virginia.gov/natural_heritage/documents/nh_plotform_instructions.pdf
Overall Taxon Cover Values are Automatically Calculated?
no
Plot Quality Fields:
Plot Validation Level
(2) classification plot: sufficient for inclusion in a classification revision
Overall Plot Vegetation Fields:
Shrub Height
2
m
Field Height
1
m
Shrub Cover
10
%
Field Cover
85
%
Nonvascular Cover
0
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
The plot capture a wet interdunal swale located between a dune grassland and a dune shrubland. The vegetation is herbaceous with patches of Myrica cerifera and M. pensylvanica actively invading. The ground surface is covered with a thin algal mat that was considered organic matter in the unvegetated substrate estimates. This vegetation is transitional between a maritime shrub swamp and a maritime wet grassland.